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Wasp or Hornet? - Polistes major - female
Copyright © 2015 Mimi Kriska

Wasp or Hornet? - Polistes major - Female
Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
May 4, 2015
This wasp/hornet (?) is eating the Monarch caterpillars.

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Wasp or Hornet? - Polistes major - female Wasp or Hornet? - Polistes major
Contributed by Mimi Kriska on 8 May, 2015 - 11:05am
Last updated 22 August, 2020 - 3:18am

Moved
Moved from Horse's Paper Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 22 August, 2020 - 3:18am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 8 May, 2015 - 1:28pm

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